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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Now the common sense side of me will kick in. The role that a life perserver played in this appears to be minimal since one survived while the other perished. Much like the commercial that the governer of NJ is doing right now the stats don't prove his point. The gov says he should've died in the accident he was involved in, if that were true he would be dead. A seatbelt didn't save his life and STOP trying to convince me otherwise with TV and radio spots funded with my tax dollars.I don't know if Mr. Hill knew how to swim of not, I don't know if there were drugs or alcohol present either, however it is quite effident since someone survived that both could've survived.This isn't a government issue and how I hope it doesn't become one. My visioning sees helmet laws and seatbelt legislation along with life jacket requirements now on all PUBLIC owned waterways. Training courses required for ownership of these jetski devices and an all around bureaucratic nightmare coming to a lake or body of water near you.

NEW ORLEANS --A bodybelieved to be New England Patriots player Marquise Hill was found bysearchers Monday, a day after he was reported missing following ajetski accident on Lake Pontchartrain.Article Tools

"Thefamily will have to make positive identification," Capt. Brian Clark ofthe Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department said. "But the body wefound was that of Mr. Marquise Hill."

The body was discovered about a quarter-mile from where Hill and a female companion were involved in the accident, Clark said.

The Coast Guard were called Sunday night, Petty Officer Tom Atkeson said. The search began immediately, using boats and helicopters.

Bythe time the body was found, the Coast Guard, Wildlife and Fisheries,the New Orleans Police Department and Jefferson Parish Sheriff'sDepartment were involved, Clark said.

Hill's agent, Albert Elias, said he had been told Hill and a young woman were jetskiingSunday in the lake when both of them went into the water, which had astrong current. Elias said the woman was able to make it to a pylon andhang on until she was rescued, while Hill was last seen floating awayfrom the scene.

Hill played on LSU's national championship team and was a second-round draft pick by New England in 2004.

"We are all shocked," Patriots owner Robert Kraft said in a statement. "

Thewoman, whose identity was not available Monday morning, was rescued andsent to Tulane Medical Center where she told them Hill had tried tokeep her calm as the two were drifting away from each other.

Neither Hill nor the woman wore a life preserver, Atkeson said.

"It's so important to have a life jacket and a signaling device," Atkeson said. "One keeps you afloat and the other helps us find you."

Elias said Hill, a defensive end, spent much of his time since Hurricane Katrina helping family members rebuild their homes.